2018 British Grand Prix

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2018 British Grand Prix
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Circuit Silverstone 2011.svg
Layout of the Silverstone Circuit
Race details [1]
Date8 July 2018
Official name Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix
Location Silverstone Circuit
Silverstone, United Kingdom
Course Permanent racing facility
Course length 5.891 km (3.660 miles)
Distance 52 laps, 306.198 km (190.263 miles)
Weather Sunny 27.0 °C (80.6 °F) [2]
Attendance 340,000 (race weekend)
140,500 (race) [3]
Pole position
Driver
 Mercedes
Time 1:25.892
Fastest lap
Driver Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari
Time 1:30.696 on lap 47
Podium
First
 Ferrari
Second
 Mercedes
Third
 Ferrari
Lap leaders
  • 2018 British Grand Prix

The 2018 British Grand Prix (formally known as the Formula 1 2018 Rolex British Grand Prix) was a Formula One motor race held on 8 July 2018 at the Silverstone Circuit in Silverstone, United Kingdom. The race was the 10th round of the 2018 Formula One World Championship. It marked the 73rd running of the British Grand Prix, the 69th time that the race had been run as a World Championship event, and the 52nd time that the World Championship event had been held at the Silverstone Circuit.

Contents

Ferrari driver Sebastian Vettel entered the race with a one-point lead over Lewis Hamilton in the Drivers' Championship. In the Constructors' Championship, Ferrari led Mercedes by ten points. [4]

Report

Background

The circuit featured three drag reduction system (DRS) zones. The two used in previous years – positioned on the Wellington and Hangar Straights – returned, with a third zone placed on the pit straight. As DRS is deactivated when the driver brakes, drivers were able to use the system through the Abbey and Farm corners as these corners could be taken flat-out when the car is low on fuel. This brought increased risk as DRS reduces drag by cancelling out aerodynamic grip at a time when aerodynamic grip improves the car's ability to take corners at speed. Drivers were able to manually deactivate DRS before the corners if they were unable or unwilling to take the corner with the use of DRS. The race marked the first time that drivers were able to use DRS through corners in a race. [5] The decision to allow the use of DRS through the corners drew criticism as drivers felt that using DRS through Abbey corner was unsafe. Drivers found the best approach was to manually deactivate DRS before the corner without slowing before reactivating it on the corner exit. This approach was necessary as slowing the car would prevent the system from being reactivated.

Practice

The first practice session saw Romain Grosjean crash at Abbey, after he left his DRS open whilst taking the corner, [6] and Max Verstappen stopped on the pit straight with a gearbox issue. [7] In second practice, Verstappen crashed at Luffield [8] and Pierre Gasly's Toro Rosso broke down. [9] In third practice, Brendon Hartley had a heavy crash after his front left suspension failed at high speed. [10]

Qualifying

Q1 was red flagged as Lance Stroll went into the gravel and his car had to be removed. [11] After an early showing from Ferrari, Hamilton took pole, his 6th around Silverstone. Ferrari qualified 2nd and 3rd, with Valtteri Bottas 4th. [12] Hartley missed qualifying after the heavy crash in FP3, and started from the pit lane, [10] along with Stroll and Sergey Sirotkin. [13] Charles Leclerc made Q3 for the second time, qualifying in P9. [12]

Race

Hamilton had a slow start and was jumped by Vettel and Bottas. At Turn 3, Kimi Räikkönen made contact with Hamilton, spinning him off the track and into last. [14] Sergio Pérez also spun at the start, narrowly avoiding the Williams cars exiting the pit lane. [15] Hartley failed to exit the pit lane. [16] Räikkönen was given a 10-second time penalty for causing the collision between himself and Hamilton, which he served in the pits on lap 14. [17] On lap 19, Leclerc retired after exiting the pits with a loose wheel. [18] On lap 32, Marcus Ericsson crashed at Abbey, after failing to deactivate his DRS quick enough. [19] This brought out a safety car, and both Ferraris and both Red Bulls pitted for a 2nd time, for the soft tyres. Mercedes chose to leave their drivers out to gain track position. On lap 38, Grosjean and Carlos Sainz crashed at Copse, causing another safety car. On lap 46, Verstappen spun and subsequently retired with a brake by wire issue. The next lap, Vettel overtook Bottas for the lead of the race, which he kept until the chequered flag, [20] making it his second victory at Silverstone, the first since 2009. [21] Vettel became the first Ferrari driver to win at Silverstone since Fernando Alonso in 2011. Vettel's win broke Mercedes's 5-race winning streak at the British Grand Prix.

Classification

Qualifying

Pos.Car
no.		DriverConstructorQualifying timesFinal
grid
Q1Q2Q3
144 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 1:26.8181:26.2561:25.8921
25 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 1:26.5851:26.3721:25.9362
37 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 1:27.5491:26.4831:25.9903
477 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 1:27.0251:26.4131:26.2174
533 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:27.3091:27.0131:26.6025
63 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 1:27.9791:27.3691:27.0996
720 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 1:28.1431:27.7301:27.2447
88 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 1:28.0861:27.5221:27.4558
916 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Sauber-Ferrari 1:27.9621:27.7901:27.8799
1031 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 1:28.2791:27.8431:28.19410
1127 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Renault 1:28.0171:27.90111
1211 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 1:28.2101:27.92812
1314 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 1:28.1871:28.13913
1410 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 1:28.3991:28.34314
159 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 1:28.2491:28.39115
1655 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 1:28.45616
172 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 1:29.09617
1835 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 1:29.252PL 1
107% time: 1:32.645
—18 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes No timePL 2
—28 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda No timePL 3
Source: [22]
Notes

Race

Pos.No.DriverConstructorLapsTime/RetiredGridPoints
15 Flag of Germany.svg Sebastian Vettel Ferrari 521:27:29.784225
244 Flag of the United Kingdom.svg Lewis Hamilton Mercedes 52+2.264118
37 Flag of Finland.svg Kimi Räikkönen Ferrari 52+3.652315
477 Flag of Finland.svg Valtteri Bottas Mercedes 52+8.883412
53 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Daniel Ricciardo Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 52+9.500610
627 Flag of Germany.svg Nico Hülkenberg Renault 52+28.220118
731 Flag of France.svg Esteban Ocon Force India-Mercedes 52+29.930106
814 Flag of Spain.svg Fernando Alonso McLaren-Renault 52+31.115134
920 Flag of Denmark.svg Kevin Magnussen Haas-Ferrari 52+33.18872
1011 Flag of Mexico.svg Sergio Pérez Force India-Mercedes 52+34.708121
112 Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Stoffel Vandoorne McLaren-Renault 52+35.77417
1218 Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Lance Stroll Williams-Mercedes 52+38.106PL
1310 Flag of France.svg Pierre Gasly Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 52+39.129 1 14
1435 Flag of Russia.svg Sergey Sirotkin Williams-Mercedes 52+48.113PL
15 2 33 Flag of the Netherlands.svg Max Verstappen Red Bull Racing-TAG Heuer 46Brakes5
Ret8 Flag of France.svg Romain Grosjean Haas-Ferrari 37Collision8
Ret55 Flag of Spain.svg Carlos Sainz Jr. Renault 37Collision16
Ret9 Flag of Sweden.svg Marcus Ericsson Sauber-Ferrari 31Accident15
Ret16 Flag of Monaco.svg Charles Leclerc Sauber-Ferrari 18Wheel9
Ret28 Flag of New Zealand.svg Brendon Hartley Scuderia Toro Rosso-Honda 1PU connectorPL
Source: [25] [26]
Notes

Championship standings after the race

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